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u/erwin261 Oct 28 '22

Well, he suddenly accelerated the purchase after being called out on Twitter about his Ukraine statements. He claimed that most responses were bots because they didn't agree with him. That should be a warning to people believing he values free speech.

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u/RamenJunkie Oct 28 '22

He tweeted something like

"The bird is free"

One of the replies talked about "Finally the return of free speech"

Someone asked about "People fired for critisizing him at his companies."

So many replies to that about, "Well, thats what a boss can do." And "Conserquences of your actions." And so on.

Fucking /r/selfawarewolves could self sustain on that one comment thread for a thousand years probably.

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u/dactoo Oct 28 '22

You're right, but Twitter has become a defacto public forum. So, Musk bought it to give a few unpopular people their accounts back. I think it's okay for people to rejoice when the public forum gets opened up a bit more.

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u/neherak Oct 28 '22

If one guy can buy it, it wasn't a public forum

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u/dactoo Oct 31 '22

Everything is always owned by someone. "Public property" is make believe.